Topics & People

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Advanced software systems used by Boom to reinvent jet engine engineering.

The legacy business strategy that Boom abandoned to build engines in-house.

Rolls-Royce
Organization

Legacy engine manufacturer that Boom parted ways with.

Legislation aimed at permanently lifting the ban on commercial supersonic flight.

Oval Office
Location

The US President's office, which now features a model of Boom's jet.

Mach cutoff
ScientificConcept

The technical aerospace term for the boomless cruise technique.

Boomless cruise
Technology

A technique using atmospheric refraction to direct sonic booms upward.

Concorde
Technology

The historical supersonic passenger jet whose sonic boom led to widespread bans.

Sonic boom
ScientificConcept

The loud noise created by breaking the sound barrier, which historically blocked supersonic flight.

XB1
Technology

Boom's privately developed jet that broke the sound barrier.

Houston
Location

City associated with aerospace history, referenced in the famous quote by Scholl.

Passenger travel at speeds faster than sound.